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Oleg Smirnov
Oct 29, 2015, 10:29:17 AM10/29/15
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<https://archive.is/lezQY> <https://archive.is/V9aD8> ukrainian media
Today it's been already four days after the sickening farce that they call
'municipal election' happened in the Ukraine. There was a lot of reports about
bold fraud, and in addition to that, the 'election commission' in Kiev still
hasn't announced the results of the 'vote'. The Timoshenko's party - against
which the falsification likely may also be directed - "calls on the President,
the MIA and the Attorney General immediately intervene in the situation and
stop the total falsification of the election results across the country."
"They count the ballots the fourth day, and there is no result (only 8% has
officially counted). This indicates the only one thing: a mass falsification
of the results is going on on the entire territory of the Ukraine. They are
replacing the protocols and correcting the numbers. And all this is going on
under the auspices of the current government. Interior Ministry is idle,
everything is covered. Every minute we have new falsified records."
<http://tinyurl.com/pdfwwxk> irishtimes.com
Ukrainians vote in local elections on Sunday as disillusionment grows with
the country's post-revolutionary leaders, and a remarkable political survivor
rises again to challenge them - former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. ..
> <http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/ukraines-democratic-dictatorship/ri9858>
>
> Ukraine's 'Democratic' Dictatorship
<https://archive.is/lezQY> <https://archive.is/V9aD8> ukrainian media
Today it's been already four days after the sickening farce that they call
'municipal election' happened in the Ukraine. There was a lot of reports about
bold fraud, and in addition to that, the 'election commission' in Kiev still
hasn't announced the results of the 'vote'. The Timoshenko's party - against
which the falsification likely may also be directed - "calls on the President,
the MIA and the Attorney General immediately intervene in the situation and
stop the total falsification of the election results across the country."
"They count the ballots the fourth day, and there is no result (only 8% has
officially counted). This indicates the only one thing: a mass falsification
of the results is going on on the entire territory of the Ukraine. They are
replacing the protocols and correcting the numbers. And all this is going on
under the auspices of the current government. Interior Ministry is idle,
everything is covered. Every minute we have new falsified records."
<http://tinyurl.com/pdfwwxk> irishtimes.com
Ukrainians vote in local elections on Sunday as disillusionment grows with
the country's post-revolutionary leaders, and a remarkable political survivor
rises again to challenge them - former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. ..
> <http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/ukraines-democratic-dictatorship/ri9858>
>
> Ukraine's 'Democratic' Dictatorship
Mr. B1ack
Oct 29, 2015, 3:26:19 PM10/29/15
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In case you haven't noticed ... Ukraine has gone pretty
much completely off the western news radar. Nobody
cares what goes on there anymore, it has been replaced
by ISIL, Syria and the Russia-Iran coalition. So, expect
the situation in Ukraine to remain fairly static for a long
long time.
Oleg Smirnov
Oct 29, 2015, 4:01:25 PM10/29/15
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Mr. B1ack, <news:dhs43bt6r26e03fnb...@4ax.com>
The situation in the Ukraine will be a factor of enmity for the
next century. It was a bold move, maybe 'wise' for America but
certainly very stupid for Europe. Now you have remade Russia a
persistent enemy, and this fact means - at least - big economic
losses for Europe and, correspondently, gains for Asia.
next century. It was a bold move, maybe 'wise' for America but
certainly very stupid for Europe. Now you have remade Russia a
persistent enemy, and this fact means - at least - big economic
losses for Europe and, correspondently, gains for Asia.
jack595
Oct 29, 2015, 4:43:16 PM10/29/15
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In article <n0ttqg$ulg$1...@os.motzarella.org>, Oleg Smirnov says...
I guess you and your employers haven't noticed that Putin has gone off his
"promise" about more Russian troops being deployed and has the "volunteers" in
Ukraine hanging on for dear life. Second Afghanistan, you'll be lucky if that's
all it is.
"promise" about more Russian troops being deployed and has the "volunteers" in
Ukraine hanging on for dear life. Second Afghanistan, you'll be lucky if that's
all it is.
Oleg Smirnov
Nov 1, 2015, 10:08:47 PM11/1/15
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Oleg Smirnov, <news:n0u1ro$evi$1...@os.motzarella.org>
> jonathan, <news:PfadnflztZsbGq_L...@giganews.com>
> Indexes like this are a sham, I told you.
>
> Look at who funds them and how they're designed.
<http://www.unz.com/akarlin/russia-doing-business-2016/>
.. Whenever Russia's scores on such indices begin to unfathomly climb a bit
too high for comfort, there are inevitably calls for them to be erased and
replaced with other indices.
This is a familiar phenomenon. For instance, when Transparency International's
Global Corruption Barometer 2013 appeared to indicate that incidences of
bribery had recently plummeted in Russia <http://qr.de/7Xd> to levels
resembling those of the more corrupt First World nations (as opposed to
typical levels of other middle-income countries) they opted to not release
them at all due to not having "confidence in the reliability of the data."
...
Not only 'indexes' but a more extensive system or rules, regulations and
principles in the 'Western world' is largely a sham that in no way represents
'universal values', but persists only as long as it is beneficial for the main
its beneficiaries, starting from the US. Another example is, the fact that IMF
has willingly changed its rules solely to allow the post-coup Kiev regime not
to pay Ukraine's debt to Russia but to to preserve Kiev's ability to continue
to borrow from IMF (read more here <http://migre.me/rZCTw>). This is what I
said at the beginning of the Ukraine crisis: 'the West', at least in the
economical sense, is rather a gang of avid cheaters.
> jonathan, <news:PfadnflztZsbGq_L...@giganews.com>
> Indexes like this are a sham, I told you.
>
> Look at who funds them and how they're designed.
<http://www.unz.com/akarlin/russia-doing-business-2016/>
.. Whenever Russia's scores on such indices begin to unfathomly climb a bit
too high for comfort, there are inevitably calls for them to be erased and
replaced with other indices.
This is a familiar phenomenon. For instance, when Transparency International's
Global Corruption Barometer 2013 appeared to indicate that incidences of
bribery had recently plummeted in Russia <http://qr.de/7Xd> to levels
resembling those of the more corrupt First World nations (as opposed to
typical levels of other middle-income countries) they opted to not release
them at all due to not having "confidence in the reliability of the data."
...
Not only 'indexes' but a more extensive system or rules, regulations and
principles in the 'Western world' is largely a sham that in no way represents
'universal values', but persists only as long as it is beneficial for the main
its beneficiaries, starting from the US. Another example is, the fact that IMF
has willingly changed its rules solely to allow the post-coup Kiev regime not
to pay Ukraine's debt to Russia but to to preserve Kiev's ability to continue
to borrow from IMF (read more here <http://migre.me/rZCTw>). This is what I
said at the beginning of the Ukraine crisis: 'the West', at least in the
economical sense, is rather a gang of avid cheaters.
abelard
Nov 2, 2015, 4:53:53 AM11/2/15
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On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 03:04:57 -0000, "Oleg Smirnov" <os...@netc.eu>
wrote:
hi smeary, how many times have rooshia defaulted so far?
--
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wrote:
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Oleg Smirnov
Nov 6, 2015, 2:42:51 AM11/6/15
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<http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo> russia-insider.com
Democracy in Ukraine: Dead on Arrival
Recent elections in the country merely reconfirm that Ukraine is now a failed
state; wrecked by extremism backed by Western meddling
Michael Lehner (Neo Presse <http://bit.ly/1MMikHW> (in German))
The elections in local communities in Ukraine (except the "separatist" Donbass
Region), which took place on October 25th provide a good opportunity for a
health and reality check of the democracy in this country. The expected has
happened - the deeply unpopular governing alliance of President Petro
Poroshenko actually suffered a humiliating defeat.
Prime Minister Arsenij Yatsenyuk, whose popularity polls are below 20% did
make a clever chess move when he overtly rejected participation in the local
elections. It is perfectly clear that the Ukrainian government in Kiev, which
was brought into power by the West, is not capable of gaining traction and
remains deeply unpopular.
Put in simple words, a corrupt, decrepit government of oligarchs installed by
oligarchs did replace a previous corrupt and decrepit regime of oligarchs. The
conditions for Russia to conduct a "color revolution" in Kiev would be there,
if Moscow wanted it. But the (post-soviet) Russia is not in the regime change
and "colour revolution" business and leaves this monopoly to the United States
of America.
The surprising part of last Sunday's election in Ukraine is the fact that the
alliance of the former president Victor Yanukovich (which was toppled by a
western-backed coup in february last year) could hold on to its base in the
south and east. A particularly embarrassing rebuff for the ruling government
in Kiev, especially for Poroshenko's compatriot Mikhail Saakashvili (another
descendant of another colour revolution), who lost the election in the
southern harbor city of Odessa. The elections in the southern harbour town
Mariupol were cancelled due to inappropriate conditions.
All in all, Ukraine remains divided into two almost equally sized parts - the
western and central regions, which are pro-West and the eastern and southern
regions, which are pro-Russian. Twenty months after the colour revolution
nothing much has changed - except that the West has installed its government,
which is anti-Russian. This is a dubious success and it begs the question of
the necessity of the USA-backed coup d'Etat in February of last year.
Expressed in a different way, all this destruction and the chaos could have
been avoided for Ukraine, if there would have been a constitutional transition
of power, as it was agreed upon with Yanukovich, by which there would have
been new elections - instead of a putsch by the USA and her allies. ..
Read more <http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo>
Democracy in Ukraine: Dead on Arrival
Recent elections in the country merely reconfirm that Ukraine is now a failed
state; wrecked by extremism backed by Western meddling
Michael Lehner (Neo Presse <http://bit.ly/1MMikHW> (in German))
The elections in local communities in Ukraine (except the "separatist" Donbass
Region), which took place on October 25th provide a good opportunity for a
health and reality check of the democracy in this country. The expected has
happened - the deeply unpopular governing alliance of President Petro
Poroshenko actually suffered a humiliating defeat.
Prime Minister Arsenij Yatsenyuk, whose popularity polls are below 20% did
make a clever chess move when he overtly rejected participation in the local
elections. It is perfectly clear that the Ukrainian government in Kiev, which
was brought into power by the West, is not capable of gaining traction and
remains deeply unpopular.
Put in simple words, a corrupt, decrepit government of oligarchs installed by
oligarchs did replace a previous corrupt and decrepit regime of oligarchs. The
conditions for Russia to conduct a "color revolution" in Kiev would be there,
if Moscow wanted it. But the (post-soviet) Russia is not in the regime change
and "colour revolution" business and leaves this monopoly to the United States
of America.
The surprising part of last Sunday's election in Ukraine is the fact that the
alliance of the former president Victor Yanukovich (which was toppled by a
western-backed coup in february last year) could hold on to its base in the
south and east. A particularly embarrassing rebuff for the ruling government
in Kiev, especially for Poroshenko's compatriot Mikhail Saakashvili (another
descendant of another colour revolution), who lost the election in the
southern harbor city of Odessa. The elections in the southern harbour town
Mariupol were cancelled due to inappropriate conditions.
All in all, Ukraine remains divided into two almost equally sized parts - the
western and central regions, which are pro-West and the eastern and southern
regions, which are pro-Russian. Twenty months after the colour revolution
nothing much has changed - except that the West has installed its government,
which is anti-Russian. This is a dubious success and it begs the question of
the necessity of the USA-backed coup d'Etat in February of last year.
Expressed in a different way, all this destruction and the chaos could have
been avoided for Ukraine, if there would have been a constitutional transition
of power, as it was agreed upon with Yanukovich, by which there would have
been new elections - instead of a putsch by the USA and her allies. ..
Read more <http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo>
Oleg Smirnov
Nov 6, 2015, 3:44:46 AM11/6/15
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No sane person expected that a clique of freaks that usurped power on a wave
of lawlessness and violence would seek for a fair investigation of their own
crimes.
<http://tinyurl.com/ppvbkct> Bloomberg
Ukraine Failing to Probe Pro-Russia Protester Deaths, Panel Says
Daryna Krasnolutska Kateryna Choursina November 4, 2015
Ukrainian authorities are failing to adequately investigate 48 deaths,
including of 42 pro-Russian protesters, in the Black Sea port of Odessa in May
2014, according to an international panel set up by the Council of Europe. ..
"Despite the lapse of some 18 months after the events, not a single charge has
been brought in respect of the deaths," the panel said Wednesday in an
e-mailed report. The body is tracking the investigation to check it meets the
requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court
of Human Rights.
.. Ukraine's rulers have also failed to convict those responsible for more
than 100 killings in the Kiev street protests that swept them to power a year
and a half ago.
There's evidence "revealing a comparable lack of confidence in the adequacy of
the investigations and in the ability of the authorities to bring to justice
those responsible for causing or contributing to the many deaths and injuries"
in Odessa, said the panel. The investigation in Odessa, like the probe in
Kiev, has "serious deficiencies in independence and effectiveness," it said.
of lawlessness and violence would seek for a fair investigation of their own
crimes.
<http://tinyurl.com/ppvbkct> Bloomberg
Ukraine Failing to Probe Pro-Russia Protester Deaths, Panel Says
Daryna Krasnolutska Kateryna Choursina November 4, 2015
Ukrainian authorities are failing to adequately investigate 48 deaths,
including of 42 pro-Russian protesters, in the Black Sea port of Odessa in May
2014, according to an international panel set up by the Council of Europe. ..
"Despite the lapse of some 18 months after the events, not a single charge has
been brought in respect of the deaths," the panel said Wednesday in an
e-mailed report. The body is tracking the investigation to check it meets the
requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court
of Human Rights.
.. Ukraine's rulers have also failed to convict those responsible for more
than 100 killings in the Kiev street protests that swept them to power a year
and a half ago.
There's evidence "revealing a comparable lack of confidence in the adequacy of
the investigations and in the ability of the authorities to bring to justice
those responsible for causing or contributing to the many deaths and injuries"
in Odessa, said the panel. The investigation in Odessa, like the probe in
Kiev, has "serious deficiencies in independence and effectiveness," it said.
abelard
Nov 6, 2015, 8:33:21 AM11/6/15
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On Fri, 6 Nov 2015 07:41:18 -0000, smeary <os...@netc.eu>
played the distraction card
and carefully avoided the question
--
www.abelard.org
played the distraction card
and carefully avoided the question
--
www.abelard.org
Oleg Smirnov
Nov 12, 2015, 10:43:51 PM11/12/15
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<http://tinyurl.com/nh87bmy> thenation.com
.. Meanwhile, on the second anniversary of the US-Russian confrontation over
Ukraine, which began in November 2013, the crisis of the American-backed
government in Kiev continues to deepen economically and political. In recent
local elections, President Poroshenko's coalition seems to have won barely 20
percent of the vote while ultra-nationalist parties made gains in Western and
Central Ukraine, and perhaps even in Kiev itself.
Cohen cites reports that important decisions in Kiev-governed Ukraine are
being made by, or cleared with, the American ambassador in consultation with
Vice President Joseph Biden. If so, Cohen concludes, Kiev is increasingly
taking on the appearance of an American colony, for which Washington is now
politically responsible. Chances to end the US-Russian proxy war in Ukraine,
through the Minsk accords proposed by German Chancellor Merkel and French
President Hollande, are therefore also being squandered - by Kiev and its
backers in Washington. ..
.. Meanwhile, on the second anniversary of the US-Russian confrontation over
Ukraine, which began in November 2013, the crisis of the American-backed
government in Kiev continues to deepen economically and political. In recent
local elections, President Poroshenko's coalition seems to have won barely 20
percent of the vote while ultra-nationalist parties made gains in Western and
Central Ukraine, and perhaps even in Kiev itself.
Cohen cites reports that important decisions in Kiev-governed Ukraine are
being made by, or cleared with, the American ambassador in consultation with
Vice President Joseph Biden. If so, Cohen concludes, Kiev is increasingly
taking on the appearance of an American colony, for which Washington is now
politically responsible. Chances to end the US-Russian proxy war in Ukraine,
through the Minsk accords proposed by German Chancellor Merkel and French
President Hollande, are therefore also being squandered - by Kiev and its
backers in Washington. ..
Oleg Smirnov
Nov 22, 2015, 6:21:00 PM11/22/15
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<http://tinyurl.com/p3phrm2>
"Surprise! ISIS Caught Buying Weapons in Ukraine"
> <http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo>
"Surprise! ISIS Caught Buying Weapons in Ukraine"
> <http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo>
Oleg Smirnov
Dec 8, 2015, 7:35:21 AM12/8/15
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<http://tinyurl.com/q9bdw37> NL Times
UKRAINIAN SECRET SERVICE ACCUSED OF TRADING IN STOLEN DUTCH PAINTINGS
Posted on Dec 7, 2015 by Janene Pieters
Members of the Ukrainian secret service SBU played a role in trying to trade
the paintings stolen from the Westfries Museum in 2005, stolen art expert
Arthur Brand revealed in the press conference about the stolen paintings in
the museum on Monday, NOS reports.
On Monday morning the museum announced that the 24 stolen paintings were
traced to a Ukrainian militia <http://is.gd/olR0TT>, which is trying to sell
them for a large amount of money. The museum called in Brand to help negotiate
for the return of the paintings after attempts through the international
police organization Interpol failed.
Brand traveled to Ukraine and spoke with representatives of the militia. ..
Brand offered the militia an amount of money on behalf of the municipality of
Hoorn, but never got any response. The municipality also asked the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs to try and retrieve the art through diplomatic channels, but
this too was without success.
"Later I heard from well-informed sources that the leader of the Ukrainian
right-wing party Svoboda was in charge behind the scenes", Brand said at the
press conference, according to NOS. "The name Velntyn Valvaichenko was also
regularly dropped. That is the former leader of the Ukrainian secret service.
(OS: Nalyvaichenko. Former SBU head and a prominent Nazi, close friend of the
Right Sector's Yarosh.) I can not make everything public, but a connection
between the stolen art and the secret service is therefore more than likely.
Especially because members of the service are at least involved."
According to the museum director Ad Geerdink, their first priority is to get
the art back before it disappears again or gets damaged even more. "We have
done everything we can and are now at a dead end. Now that the works of art
seem to be at the point of disappearing again, we want to sound the alarm", he
said in a statement on the museum's website. "To let potential buyers know
that they are dealing with stolen art and to also give a true picture on the
artworks' actual value."
Photos of every painting involved in this case can be seen on the museum's
website <http://wfm.nl/gestolen-kunst/>.
UKRAINIAN SECRET SERVICE ACCUSED OF TRADING IN STOLEN DUTCH PAINTINGS
Posted on Dec 7, 2015 by Janene Pieters
Members of the Ukrainian secret service SBU played a role in trying to trade
the paintings stolen from the Westfries Museum in 2005, stolen art expert
Arthur Brand revealed in the press conference about the stolen paintings in
the museum on Monday, NOS reports.
On Monday morning the museum announced that the 24 stolen paintings were
traced to a Ukrainian militia <http://is.gd/olR0TT>, which is trying to sell
them for a large amount of money. The museum called in Brand to help negotiate
for the return of the paintings after attempts through the international
police organization Interpol failed.
Brand traveled to Ukraine and spoke with representatives of the militia. ..
Brand offered the militia an amount of money on behalf of the municipality of
Hoorn, but never got any response. The municipality also asked the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs to try and retrieve the art through diplomatic channels, but
this too was without success.
"Later I heard from well-informed sources that the leader of the Ukrainian
right-wing party Svoboda was in charge behind the scenes", Brand said at the
press conference, according to NOS. "The name Velntyn Valvaichenko was also
regularly dropped. That is the former leader of the Ukrainian secret service.
(OS: Nalyvaichenko. Former SBU head and a prominent Nazi, close friend of the
Right Sector's Yarosh.) I can not make everything public, but a connection
between the stolen art and the secret service is therefore more than likely.
Especially because members of the service are at least involved."
According to the museum director Ad Geerdink, their first priority is to get
the art back before it disappears again or gets damaged even more. "We have
done everything we can and are now at a dead end. Now that the works of art
seem to be at the point of disappearing again, we want to sound the alarm", he
said in a statement on the museum's website. "To let potential buyers know
that they are dealing with stolen art and to also give a true picture on the
artworks' actual value."
Photos of every painting involved in this case can be seen on the museum's
website <http://wfm.nl/gestolen-kunst/>.
Oleg Smirnov
Dec 17, 2015, 10:29:51 PM12/17/15
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<http://johnhelmer.net/?p=14787>
Aussie Police, Dutch Prosecutors Break with Dutch Gov't Over MH17 Crash
By John Helmer
The Australian Federal Police and Dutch police and prosecutors investigating
the cause of the crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17 believe the Dutch Safety
Board (DSB) has failed to provide "conclusive evidence" of what type of
munition destroyed the aircraft, causing the deaths of 283 passengers and 15
crew on board.
.. international investigators are unconvinced by reports from the US and
Ukrainian governments, and by the DSB, of a Buk missile firing. "Dutch
prosecutors require conclusive evidence on other types of missile, .. initial
information that the aircraft was shot down by a [Buk] surface to air missile"
did not meet the Australian or international standard of evidence. ..
Australian police calls for Ukrainian witnesses on the ground, who may have
seen or heard what happened on the fateful day .. Some of those who came
forward to testify refused to do so .. unless the Australian and Dutch police
protected them in "a safe location"; excluded Ukrainian government officials;
and kept the identities of the witnesses secret. ..
Read it in full <http://tinyurl.com/pdkjcqz>
Aussie Police, Dutch Prosecutors Break with Dutch Gov't Over MH17 Crash
By John Helmer
The Australian Federal Police and Dutch police and prosecutors investigating
the cause of the crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17 believe the Dutch Safety
Board (DSB) has failed to provide "conclusive evidence" of what type of
munition destroyed the aircraft, causing the deaths of 283 passengers and 15
crew on board.
.. international investigators are unconvinced by reports from the US and
Ukrainian governments, and by the DSB, of a Buk missile firing. "Dutch
prosecutors require conclusive evidence on other types of missile, .. initial
information that the aircraft was shot down by a [Buk] surface to air missile"
did not meet the Australian or international standard of evidence. ..
Australian police calls for Ukrainian witnesses on the ground, who may have
seen or heard what happened on the fateful day .. Some of those who came
forward to testify refused to do so .. unless the Australian and Dutch police
protected them in "a safe location"; excluded Ukrainian government officials;
and kept the identities of the witnesses secret. ..
Read it in full <http://tinyurl.com/pdkjcqz>
Oleg Smirnov
Dec 24, 2015, 10:42:03 PM12/24/15
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A prominent Polish opposition politician visited Crimea in December.
<http://tass.ru/en/world/843077>
"Polish MP doesn't find opponents of Crimea's reunification with Russia
during his visit"
Here's what he has written in his blog <https://archive.is/03rFH>:
A half of those whom I questioned in Crimea say it's much better now,
and another half say it's a little better or the same. Not worse, anyway.
And here I am in a Crimean Tatar restaurant (photo).
Here's Polish official nervous reaction <http://tinyurl.com/pq29quf>
(accompanied by a fake photo intended to show incredible militarist horrors
of the Crimean life after 'annexation'):
The Polish Foreign Ministry called the conduct by Janusz Korwin-Mikke a
Polish citizen and Member of the European Parliament, who visited the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea without consent of the competent Ukrainian
authorities, 'highly irresponsible'.
Eurosceptic Janusz Korwin-Mike, one of the most pro-Russian politicians
in Poland, flew to Crimea from Warsaw via Moscow. .. His aim was to get to
the bottom of the situation on the peninsula. ..
Mr. Korwin-Mike is not pro-Russian, he is a right-wing Polish nationalist
and a libertarian conservative politician known for his eccentric manners
and provokative speech. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korwin-Mikke>
<http://tass.ru/en/world/843077>
"Polish MP doesn't find opponents of Crimea's reunification with Russia
during his visit"
Here's what he has written in his blog <https://archive.is/03rFH>:
A half of those whom I questioned in Crimea say it's much better now,
and another half say it's a little better or the same. Not worse, anyway.
And here I am in a Crimean Tatar restaurant (photo).
Here's Polish official nervous reaction <http://tinyurl.com/pq29quf>
(accompanied by a fake photo intended to show incredible militarist horrors
of the Crimean life after 'annexation'):
The Polish Foreign Ministry called the conduct by Janusz Korwin-Mikke a
Polish citizen and Member of the European Parliament, who visited the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea without consent of the competent Ukrainian
authorities, 'highly irresponsible'.
Eurosceptic Janusz Korwin-Mike, one of the most pro-Russian politicians
in Poland, flew to Crimea from Warsaw via Moscow. .. His aim was to get to
the bottom of the situation on the peninsula. ..
Mr. Korwin-Mike is not pro-Russian, he is a right-wing Polish nationalist
and a libertarian conservative politician known for his eccentric manners
and provokative speech. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Korwin-Mikke>
Oleg Smirnov
Dec 26, 2015, 11:30:20 AM12/26/15
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<http://tinyurl.com/hmssbut>
Ukraine's Looming "19 Fukushimas" Scenario
.. In the meantime, the Ukraine is in full-blown collapse - all five glorious
stages of it - setting the stage for a Ukrainian Nightmare Before Christmas,
or shortly after.
Phase 1. Financially, the Ukrainian government is in sovereign default as of
a couple of days ago. The IMF was forced to break its own rules in order to
keep it on life support even though it is clearly a deadbeat. In the process,
the IMF stiffed Russia, which happens to be one of its major shareholders;
what gives?
Phase 2. Industry and commerce are approaching a standstill and the country
is rapidly deindustrializing. Formerly, most of the trade was with Russia;
this is now over. The Ukraine does not make anything that the EU might want,
except maybe prostitutes. Recently, the Ukraine has been selling off its dirt.
This is illegal, but, given what's been happening there, the term "illegal"
has become the stuff of comedy.
Phase 3. Politically, the Ukrainian government is a total farce. Much of it
has been turned over to fly-by-night foreigners, such as the former Georgian
president Saakashvili, who is a wanted criminal in his own country, which has
recently stripped him of his citizenship. The parliament is stocked with
criminals who bought their seat to gain immunity from prosecution, and who
spend their time brawling with each other. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk was
recently hauled off the podium by his crotch; how dignified is that? He seemed
unfazed. Where are his testicles? Perhaps Victoria Nuland over at the US State
Dept. is keeping them in a jar. This sort of action may be fun to watch on
Youtube, but the reality is quite sad: those who "run" the Ukraine (if the
term still applies) are only interested in one thing: stealing whatever is
left.
Phase 4. Ukrainian society (if the term still applies) has been split into a
number of warring factions. This was, to some extent, inevitable. What happens
if you take bits of Poland, Hungary, Romania and Russia, and stick them
together willy-nilly? Well, results may vary; but if you also spend $5 billion
US (as the Americans did) turning the Ukrainians against Russia (and, since
they are mostly Russian, against themselves), then you get a complete
disaster.
Phase 5. Cultural collapse is quite advanced. The Ukraine once had the same
world-class educational system as Russia, but since independence they switched
to teaching in Ukrainian (a made-up language) using nonexistent textbooks. The
kids have been taught a bogus history hallucinated by rabid Ukrainian
nationalists. They've been told that Russia is backward and keeping them back,
and that they deserve to be happy in the EU. (Just like the Greeks? Yeah...)
But now the population has been reduced to levels of poverty not commonly seen
outside of Africa, and young people are fleeing, or turning to gangsterism and
prostitution, to merely survive. This doesn't make for a happy cultural
narrative. What does it mean to be "a Ukrainian" now? Expletives deleted.
Sorry I asked.
Now, here's what it all really means. With so much going wrong, the Ukraine
has been unable to secure enough natural gas or coal supplies to provide a
supply cushion in case of a cold snap this winter. .. the Ukraine produces
over half of its electricity using nuclear power plants. .. And this is in a
country whose economy is in free-fall ..
How close is Ukraine to a major nuclear accident? Well, it turns out, very
close: just recently one was narrowly avoided .. I hope that you know this
already, but, just in case, let me spell it out again. ..
Read more <http://tinyurl.com/hmssbut>
And so the nightmare scenario for the Ukraine is a simple one. ..
> <http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo>
Ukraine's Looming "19 Fukushimas" Scenario
.. In the meantime, the Ukraine is in full-blown collapse - all five glorious
stages of it - setting the stage for a Ukrainian Nightmare Before Christmas,
or shortly after.
Phase 1. Financially, the Ukrainian government is in sovereign default as of
a couple of days ago. The IMF was forced to break its own rules in order to
keep it on life support even though it is clearly a deadbeat. In the process,
the IMF stiffed Russia, which happens to be one of its major shareholders;
what gives?
Phase 2. Industry and commerce are approaching a standstill and the country
is rapidly deindustrializing. Formerly, most of the trade was with Russia;
this is now over. The Ukraine does not make anything that the EU might want,
except maybe prostitutes. Recently, the Ukraine has been selling off its dirt.
This is illegal, but, given what's been happening there, the term "illegal"
has become the stuff of comedy.
Phase 3. Politically, the Ukrainian government is a total farce. Much of it
has been turned over to fly-by-night foreigners, such as the former Georgian
president Saakashvili, who is a wanted criminal in his own country, which has
recently stripped him of his citizenship. The parliament is stocked with
criminals who bought their seat to gain immunity from prosecution, and who
spend their time brawling with each other. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk was
recently hauled off the podium by his crotch; how dignified is that? He seemed
unfazed. Where are his testicles? Perhaps Victoria Nuland over at the US State
Dept. is keeping them in a jar. This sort of action may be fun to watch on
Youtube, but the reality is quite sad: those who "run" the Ukraine (if the
term still applies) are only interested in one thing: stealing whatever is
left.
Phase 4. Ukrainian society (if the term still applies) has been split into a
number of warring factions. This was, to some extent, inevitable. What happens
if you take bits of Poland, Hungary, Romania and Russia, and stick them
together willy-nilly? Well, results may vary; but if you also spend $5 billion
US (as the Americans did) turning the Ukrainians against Russia (and, since
they are mostly Russian, against themselves), then you get a complete
disaster.
Phase 5. Cultural collapse is quite advanced. The Ukraine once had the same
world-class educational system as Russia, but since independence they switched
to teaching in Ukrainian (a made-up language) using nonexistent textbooks. The
kids have been taught a bogus history hallucinated by rabid Ukrainian
nationalists. They've been told that Russia is backward and keeping them back,
and that they deserve to be happy in the EU. (Just like the Greeks? Yeah...)
But now the population has been reduced to levels of poverty not commonly seen
outside of Africa, and young people are fleeing, or turning to gangsterism and
prostitution, to merely survive. This doesn't make for a happy cultural
narrative. What does it mean to be "a Ukrainian" now? Expletives deleted.
Sorry I asked.
Now, here's what it all really means. With so much going wrong, the Ukraine
has been unable to secure enough natural gas or coal supplies to provide a
supply cushion in case of a cold snap this winter. .. the Ukraine produces
over half of its electricity using nuclear power plants. .. And this is in a
country whose economy is in free-fall ..
How close is Ukraine to a major nuclear accident? Well, it turns out, very
close: just recently one was narrowly avoided .. I hope that you know this
already, but, just in case, let me spell it out again. ..
Read more <http://tinyurl.com/hmssbut>
And so the nightmare scenario for the Ukraine is a simple one. ..
> <http://tinyurl.com/pj84reo>
Oleg Smirnov
Dec 26, 2015, 1:00:55 PM12/26/15
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<http://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/esteri/ucraina-dimenticata-36785/>
Ukraine forgotten bankruptcy, chaos, and nuclear risk
Francesco Meneguzzo / December 23, 2015.
.. Returning to Ukraine, the result of two years of the crisis is nothing but
catastrophic and full of further risks, as it was not enough a year and a half
to make the hot conflict only partially cooled by shaky Minsk agreements (and,
from the hot areas , we receive reports of ongoing direct violations and also
heavy exchanges of artillery).
The gross domestic product of the country, at least according to the data of
the World Bank (controlled by the US), have decreased by 6.8% in 2014, it will
start this year to score a huge decline of 12%.
Within a few next days, having failed to pay back $3 billion to Russia in
previous sovereign debt, Kiev is technically bankrupt. Despite this, and
contrary to its own rules, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - led by
Christine Lagarde, who is under investigation in France for corruption in
relation to the time when she was the finance minister - the Ukrainian
government has granted additional funding lines going to magnify even the
national debt.
Despite the free trade agreement signed with the European Union, refusal to
which did cost defenestration to Yanukovych, there are still no Ukrainian
products that can be marketed in the EU, not least because they do not meet
the standards required. .. The Ukrainian industrial apparatus goes
disintegrating and could block almost complete lack of jobs and lack of access
to international markets for spare parts because of financial difficulties.
Politically, the Ukrainian government is now an embarrassing farce. While some
positions have been awarded to foreign personalities .. a group of oligarchs
in fact controls the country .. Meanwhile, government and parliament meetings
in Kiev almost daily are accompanied by fierce fights and surreal accusations
.. <https://youtu.be/nQoUzp7x90Q>
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian society appears transversely split between different
ethnic groups, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian .. Poverty, as well as
corruption at all levels, have become endemic, wages have fallen dramatically,
the petty crime and prostitution are often the only way for young people to
procure the means of livelihood.
Because of financial difficulties, the default on the debt to Russia -
supplier of almost all the natural gas - and the loss of access to major coal
seams in Donbas, the Ukraine is facing a severe energy deficit. Basically,
stocks of both gas and coal are at their lowest, and only thanks to a
particularly mild winter so far has reduced the consumption ..
It should be known that half of the electricity in the country is generated
by nuclear power, through four major plants for a total of 15 reactors. Each
reactor needs to be continuously cooled to prevent melting, and this can only
be guaranteed by the continuity of the electricity service. .. it is not
difficult to imagine what would happen if it were missing sufficient fuel ..
Ukraine forgotten bankruptcy, chaos, and nuclear risk
Francesco Meneguzzo / December 23, 2015.
.. Returning to Ukraine, the result of two years of the crisis is nothing but
catastrophic and full of further risks, as it was not enough a year and a half
to make the hot conflict only partially cooled by shaky Minsk agreements (and,
from the hot areas , we receive reports of ongoing direct violations and also
heavy exchanges of artillery).
The gross domestic product of the country, at least according to the data of
the World Bank (controlled by the US), have decreased by 6.8% in 2014, it will
start this year to score a huge decline of 12%.
Within a few next days, having failed to pay back $3 billion to Russia in
previous sovereign debt, Kiev is technically bankrupt. Despite this, and
contrary to its own rules, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - led by
Christine Lagarde, who is under investigation in France for corruption in
relation to the time when she was the finance minister - the Ukrainian
government has granted additional funding lines going to magnify even the
national debt.
Despite the free trade agreement signed with the European Union, refusal to
which did cost defenestration to Yanukovych, there are still no Ukrainian
products that can be marketed in the EU, not least because they do not meet
the standards required. .. The Ukrainian industrial apparatus goes
disintegrating and could block almost complete lack of jobs and lack of access
to international markets for spare parts because of financial difficulties.
Politically, the Ukrainian government is now an embarrassing farce. While some
positions have been awarded to foreign personalities .. a group of oligarchs
in fact controls the country .. Meanwhile, government and parliament meetings
in Kiev almost daily are accompanied by fierce fights and surreal accusations
.. <https://youtu.be/nQoUzp7x90Q>
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian society appears transversely split between different
ethnic groups, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian .. Poverty, as well as
corruption at all levels, have become endemic, wages have fallen dramatically,
the petty crime and prostitution are often the only way for young people to
procure the means of livelihood.
Because of financial difficulties, the default on the debt to Russia -
supplier of almost all the natural gas - and the loss of access to major coal
seams in Donbas, the Ukraine is facing a severe energy deficit. Basically,
stocks of both gas and coal are at their lowest, and only thanks to a
particularly mild winter so far has reduced the consumption ..
It should be known that half of the electricity in the country is generated
by nuclear power, through four major plants for a total of 15 reactors. Each
reactor needs to be continuously cooled to prevent melting, and this can only
be guaranteed by the continuity of the electricity service. .. it is not
difficult to imagine what would happen if it were missing sufficient fuel ..
Oleg Smirnov
Dec 28, 2015, 1:40:50 AM12/28/15
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<http://gordonhahn.com/2015/12/26/revolution-in-vain-maidan-ukraine-two-years-later/>
Revolution in Vain: Maidan Ukraine Two Years Later
Gordon M. Hahn / December 26, 2015
Two years after the Maidan 'revolution of dignity' it is now clear that the
Western-backed overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was not a
revolution and that it was in vain-however one wishes to characterize it. ..
Unfortunately, that nascent revolution was hijacked by neo-fascist elements
that infiltrated the Maidan protests, overthrew the government, and then were
themselves infiltrated and largely overcome by, and subordinated to several
key oligarchs. Not surprisingly, corruption has increased rather than
decreased, European integration has stalled, and authoritarianism not just in
corridors of power but on the streets under the yoke of roaming bands of
neo-fascist groups seeking to foment a second, truly 'national revolution.' ..
Poroshenko is unpopular in every mega-region of Ukraine-west, east, north,
south, and central-with catastrophic, indeed 'revolutionarily' low popularity
ratings in the south and east (not including Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk no
less) at 11 percent in the east and 7 percent in the south. In Ukraine's
central and northern regions (the former includes Kiev), barely as many
Ukrainians approve of Poroshenko (21 percent) as approved of Yanukovych (20
percent) in 2013 on the eve of the Maidan revolt.
In sum, the Poroshenko's Maidan regime is less popular within the polity it
rules than Yanukovych's was in that which he ruled and which was overthrown by
a pseudo-revolution or revolt backed as a democratic revolution then and now
by the Barack Obama administration and the West's other governments. The
country has more in common with Wiemar Germany and 'post-Sovietistan' than a
Western democracy. ..
Revolution in Vain: Maidan Ukraine Two Years Later
Gordon M. Hahn / December 26, 2015
Two years after the Maidan 'revolution of dignity' it is now clear that the
Western-backed overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was not a
revolution and that it was in vain-however one wishes to characterize it. ..
Unfortunately, that nascent revolution was hijacked by neo-fascist elements
that infiltrated the Maidan protests, overthrew the government, and then were
themselves infiltrated and largely overcome by, and subordinated to several
key oligarchs. Not surprisingly, corruption has increased rather than
decreased, European integration has stalled, and authoritarianism not just in
corridors of power but on the streets under the yoke of roaming bands of
neo-fascist groups seeking to foment a second, truly 'national revolution.' ..
Poroshenko is unpopular in every mega-region of Ukraine-west, east, north,
south, and central-with catastrophic, indeed 'revolutionarily' low popularity
ratings in the south and east (not including Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk no
less) at 11 percent in the east and 7 percent in the south. In Ukraine's
central and northern regions (the former includes Kiev), barely as many
Ukrainians approve of Poroshenko (21 percent) as approved of Yanukovych (20
percent) in 2013 on the eve of the Maidan revolt.
In sum, the Poroshenko's Maidan regime is less popular within the polity it
rules than Yanukovych's was in that which he ruled and which was overthrown by
a pseudo-revolution or revolt backed as a democratic revolution then and now
by the Barack Obama administration and the West's other governments. The
country has more in common with Wiemar Germany and 'post-Sovietistan' than a
Western democracy. ..
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